DDMP - East Khasi Hills

2.4. DISTRICT AT A GLANCEShillong is the district headquarters of East Khasi Hills District. East Khasi Hills isbounded by Jaintia Hills District in the east, Ri‐Bhoi District in the north, West Khasi Hills District inthe west and Bangladesh in the south.A brief description of the eight Community and Rural Development Blocks of East Khasi HillsDistrict is as follows:Name of theBlocksArea (insq.km.)No. ofvillagesPopulationDensity(in sq.km.)No. ofHouseholdsMale Female TotalMawphlang 290 184 27448 27993 55441 211.62 10804Mawsynram 523 160 22974 22288 45262 73 8276Mawkynrew 355 68 17076 17057 34133 96 6076Mawryngkneng 293 64 25152 24883 50035 167.85 9170Mylliem 191.05 135 185211 180010 365221 1911.65 17896Khat‐arshnong –Laitkroh255.40 100 13621 13829 27450 107 5481Shella –Bholaganj578 152 27652 26731 54383 111.6 9565Pynursla 505 130 28040 28408 56448 96.33 92742.5. DEMOGRAPHY: (According to 2001 census)Total Population :‐ 6.81 lakhsMale :‐ 3.41 lakhsFemale :‐ 3.40 lakhsDensity: ‐ 234 (person per sq. km.)2.6. GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGYIt is geologically more similar to the Chhota Nagpur Plateau of south Bihar. The straight,steep fault scarp along the southern boundary of the district with the Meghalaya plateau toweringover the alluvial plains of Bangladesh is the most characteristic physiographic feature. The plateautop has a hummocky topography, cut through by north‐ south trending streams along deep gorges.The funnel‐shaped gorges along the southern rim are locales for the heaviest rainfall in the world, asat Mawsynram and Cherrapunjee.The Shillong Group of ancient metamorphic rocks (more than 700 million years old)comprising conglomerates, phyllites, schist and quartzites overlying Basement Gneissic Complex,District Disaster Management Plan, East Khasi Hills District Page 9